The Mighty Macs is a 2011 film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush, a real life women's basketball coach. The movie comes out in select theaters on October 21, 2011.
Set in 1972, the film tells the true story of Cathy Rush, a 23-year-old former tomboy. On the brink of giving up on herself, she takes one final shot at her dream and becomes the head basketball coach at Immaculata University located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, near West Chester, Pennsylvania. With the help of nuns, she finds the courage and faith to lead her team along a brave journey at winning a national championship in women's basketball. The seven members of the 1972 Immaculata championship team appear as nuns in a church scene.
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